Hospitals
Save My Life: Boston Trauma to Premiere This Weekend
Save my Life: Boston Trauma, one of the two new reality shows focusing on the Boston medical community, is set to premiere this Sunday, July 19. […]
When It Comes to Hospital Shootings, Emergency Color Codes Don’t Work
It is hard to think that anything went right at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) on the morning of January 20, when Stephen Pasceri murdered […]
Printing a Better Operation
Cutting-edge technology is helping physicians at Brigham and Women’s Hospital better plan and prep for face transplant surgeries.
Two Boston-Based ‘Real Life’ Medical Shows Are Premiering This Summer
There are more than two dozen hospitals and medical centers in the greater Boston metropolitan area. So that means there’s a good chance you know […]
Tufts Medical Center Is Now Partnering with an App that Predicts ER Wait Times
The only thing more painful than long emergency room waits is, well, the injury that brought you to the emergency room in the first place. […]
Boston Children’s Hospital Is Using Twitter For a Sleep Study
Can’t sleep? Perhaps you should put down your smartphone. Among other things, a new study by researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital and Merck found that […]
Boston Children’s Hospital Ranked Best Pediatric Hospital Nationwide
U.S. News and World Report announced Tuesday that Boston Children’s Hospital has once again taken the top spot in its rankings for best pediatric hospital […]
Beth Israel Deaconess Team Encountered Unexpected Needs in Nepal
A small team of disaster medicine experts from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) returned from a 12-day stint in Nepal this week. But less […]
Ann Romney Is Launching a Social Media Campaign
Last October, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) launched the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, a “global collaboration in medical research to accelerate treatment, prevention […]
The Jimmy Fund Is Looking for Submissions for its ‘Big Ideas’ Contest
The Red Sox and the Jimmy Fund have been working together since 1953. And while a lot has changed in baseball since then, the Jimmy […]
Local Hospitals Looking for Female Boston Marathon Runners For a Study
Massachusetts General Hospital and Hartford Hospital are working on a study that will examine the effects of oral contraceptives on female runners. If you’re running the 119th […]
Mindy Kaling’s Brother Posed As a Black Man to Get into Med School
A man you’ve never heard of named Vijay Chokalingam claims that he pretended to be black in the late ’90s in order to get into medical school. In […]
Boston Medical Center Opens Pediatric Pain Clinic
Boston Medical Center (BMC) announced Wednesday that it has opened an “interdisciplinary Pediatric Pain Clinic” with the goal of helping their young patients and their […]
Shriners Hospitals for Children Is Featured on ‘General Hospital’
Confession: I’ve been watching General Hospital since I was in the womb. (Literally—thanks mom!) So imagine my surprise after firing up my DVR late Thursday […]
Boston Clinicians Are Headed to the Dominican Republic for a Medical Mission
Operation Walk Boston is a program from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Partners in Health that performs free joint replacement surgeries for patients in […]